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Showering with Elon

September 22, 2025 by Morgan Delaney

a Twitter-rated story

A retro cartoon-style graphic of a woman throwing away a poo emoji

Hey there,

I don’t know how you do it, but the way I dry myself after a shower reminds me of Elon.

Musk, you know?

I might have to stop taking showers for the sake of my sanity.

Unless you can spot where I’m going wrong and advise on what I should do instead?

(A sentence you’ll never hear Elon say.)

Let’s run through the scenario together.

Your hero – me – turns on the water and gets into the shower.

He washes himself.

A slow, smoky saxophone starts to play.

He turns off the water.

Gets out of the shower, causing the pigeons looking through the window to coo and trill.

He grabs a big emerald-green towel. Pats his face and hair to dry them.

The saxophone speeds up, becomes urgent.

He raises his right arm up in the air to dry his armpit.

Thinks, “Doing this makes me look like Elon.”

Drops his arm and turns to see the pigeons flying away in disgust.

The saxophone solo turns into a kazoo raspberry.

I can see only two bright spots.

First, if I give up showers, I’ll save water for the environment.

Second, just thinking about Elon won’t cause him to magically appear.

Which is not the case for graverobbers Aicke and Bowen.

They can never forget they work for Sionnóra, the Fairy Queen, but have to avoid doing anything that might draw Her attention.

Even thinking about Her can be dangerous.

Find out how to escape a fairy queen without thinking about Her, in A Grave & Dreadful Business here!

Chat soon!
Morgan

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